DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Salix 



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Hqffm. saL i. 11 & 12 ; Foliage 24. \-Munt, l2~Fuchs. 335. 



A middle-sized tree ; much branched at the top ; branches 

 upright. Bark of the tree grey, chopped, cinnamon coloured 

 within, bitter and astringent* The Female plants when left to 

 themselves, have pendant branches, but when lopped, stiff and 

 straight. Male catkins at first upright, then turned down ; cy- 

 lindrical, slender, serpentine, 2 inches long, or more ; on fruit- 

 stalks \ an inch long. Stamens 2. Nectaries 2. Female catkins 

 2 to 3 inches long, on fruit-stalks 1 to If inch long. Leaves 

 alternate, upright, slightly serrated ; mid rib yellowish ; about 3 



inches long and 1 broad, but always broader in the female plant 

 Leafits 3 or 4 lines long. Hoffman. — Perhaps if this was neither 

 cultivated nor cut, it might degenerate into S. alba. Hall. 



Yellow Willow. Osier holts, frequent. 



T. May. 



/ 



S. Leaves spear-shaped on leaf-stalks : stipulse irregularly amygdati/i 



4-sided. 



Park. 1430. 5- J. B. i. b. 215. 1. 



• Very closely allied to S. trlandria, but the leaves broader 

 and different. The stipulse vary very much in this genus. Dif- 



fis as follows ; a shrub. Branches red. Linn. 



f ra S 



Will 



May 



Will 



nius, and since by Pulteney. 



S. Leaves egg-spear-shaped : leaf-stalks toothed with fra'gilk 



glands. 



m 



if only 



A tall tree. The branches, if struck with a finger, break off 

 at the shoot of the present year. Fruit-stalks with 2 or 3 leaves 

 at the base, often falling off. Linn. 



Vonv. Woods, hedges, and banks of rivers. [Near 



Wi 



Mr. Crowe.] 



May 



S. Leaves egg-shaped ; semi-transparent. 



Hoffm. sal. i. IJ . IS. IQ.and Foliage 24-. 2-Fl. dan. 1054 

 Fl. lap p. 7. t\ Leaves only ; S. e*f. 



* The shoots are used by crate and basket- makers. The wood is 

 white, and very tough. 



t It will thrive in most kinds of soil, if they are sufficiently moist. It 

 is a quick grower, and bears cropping. The White" Satin Moth sometimes 

 cats all its leaves. The bark in doses of i or 2 draim wilt cure agues. 



Med. Comm. v. *n8 



myrsini tzu 



